The suspense was awesome. OK... some of you I'm sure didn't think so, but it sure can be interesting from this side of the keyboard. In the end, I think we have a great crop of winners of mixed experience.

Yes, that's correct. Thanks to long-time friend of EH-Net, Mati Aharoni (AKA muts) of Offensive Security, we were able to offer 5 seats in various courses offered by the makers of BackTrack Linux. The courses offered by OffSec are some of the favorite providers of training in our Community Forums. OffSec now offers 6 courses: Penetration Testing with BackTrack (PWB), Metasploit Unleashed (MSFU), Wireless Attacks (WiFu), Cracking the Perimeter (CTP), Advanced Windows Exploitation (AWE) and Advanced Web Attacks and Exploitation (AWAE). The 5 prizes awarded for August:

All told, that's over $3000 worth of prizes! And the winners include 3 old timers and 2 newcomers. It just goes to show that even if you've won in the past, it still pays to contribute. Congratulations to Equix3n-, M0wgli, SephStorm, Shadowzero and TTurner. Well done. If you didn't win this month, don't fret. I have my eyes on many of you as we move towards the end of the year.

Thanks to Don and the EH network, love all you guys, as you can imagine, this is a huge honor for me to have the opportunity to take this class, the OSCP has always been a dream that was a few years out of reach. I never imagined that I would have this opportunity. So, I am preparing for the abuse, I'll spend the next few days getting back in linux, learning bash scripting *cowers in fear*, and whatever else might give me an edge.

Looking forward to your review, tturner. One of these days (after I retake the exam for OSCE), and finish some other stuff I've left outstanding, I might be adding WiFu to my list. So always good to get more perspectives on it.

~ hayabusa ~

"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved." - Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War'

Congrats to you all!!! Despite my best efforts I didn't win this one whats a shame as I would have love to done this course. You are all very lucky indeed and look forward to your write up and reviews.